The first season of TNG was horrible, easily the worst of any season of any Trek show. There are TNG episodes, but it is my second least favorite Trek (I would rank them DS9, ENT, VOY, TNG, TOS; I have never seen TAS).
I wish more people had watched ENT, the Xindi arc that took up the whole third season was great (it was the same reason I loved the Dominion War that was the focus of the last 3 seasons of DS9). Season 4 gave us episodes to help bridge it with the other series (like the two part "In a Mirror, Darkly", the episode that finally explained why the Klingons of TOS looked so different than future Klingons, etc.).
BTW, I am so glad that after season 2 of TNG they realized that Trek fans do not want clip shows; the season finale of season 2 was a freaking clip show.